Improvement in receptacles for liquors, acids, and oils



Patented June 4,1878.

nfzakii I! I Witnemsey METERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. REINHARI), OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECEPTACLES FOR LIQUORS, ACIDS, AND OILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,609, dated June 4,1875:; application filed May 9, 1878.

KY To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ornv F. REINHARD, of New York city, in the Stateof New York, have invented certa-iunew and useful Improvements relatingto Receptacles for Liquors, Acids, gils, &c., of which the following isa specificaion:

I have devised a construction of what are known as demijohns, by whicheach is provided with two trunnions, in addition to the ordinarybasket-work or analogous soft and protective covering. V

I have also devised a style of packing-case adapted to receive thedemijohn, with its trunnions, and to hold it securely, which case may,when properly adjusted, serve as a support for the demijohn in the actof emptying out the whole or a part of its contents.

The exterior of the case is adapted to allow of close packing and ofpiling one upon another. Portions of the caseare made removable, onepart when moved serving as a stand for the main body of the case, and.another part serving as a stand or support for the measures or othervessels into which the liquid may be drawn.

The following is a description of what I consider the best means ofcarrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a side view of the casin g. Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig.3 a plan view, of the same, partly in section, showing thewithin-contained demijohn. Fig. 4 is a complete plan of the casing.Figs. 5 and 6 represent a front and side view of the casing open, withthe demijohn mounted in position for use. Fig. 7 represents a front viewof the demijohn, partly in section, with my improved trunnions appliedthereto. Fig. 8 is a side view of the same. Fig. 9 represents a frontview, and Fig. 10 a sectional plan, of a demijohn wit-h trunnionsapplied according to a slight modification of my invention.

A modification to which I attach some importance is shown on a largerscale in Fig. 11. The hooks and eyes 6 e are let into their respectiveparts-that is to say, one is let in on one side, while the other isallowed to project. It makes the joints closer when the parts arehitched together; but in other respects the device works the same.

Similar letters of referenccindicatelike parts in all the figures.

A is the body of the demijohn, formed of black glass, or other suitablematerial adapted to withstand the acids or other liquids which it is tocontain. It may be in the ordinary and long-approved form.

B is the ordinary woven covering. I will describe it as made of ordinaryrattan but it will be understood thatit may be wicker-work of otherwoody material, or it may be wire, or even hemp.

O O are cylindrical trunnions, fixed on extended bases 0 C, which latterare incorporated with the coveringB in the course of the manufacture orafterward. I have in my experiments made the parts 0 and C of thinmetal, and have extended the parts 0 up and down nearly or quite thewhole length of the demijohn.

The upper end of the metallic plate C is bent around one of thehorizontal strands of the wicker-work, and the plate is interwoven tosome extent with the wicker-work, passing on its outside, where thetrunnion is attached to the plate, and thence extends downwardly beneaththe wicker-work, and its lower end is bent arotmd one of the horizontalstrands of the wicker-work.

I will designate the main body of the casin g, when necessary, by thesingle letter D, and its several parts, when desired, by differentletters. The two high sides are marked D D, and the two short sides D DThe upper edges of the long sides D are notched or provided withsemicircular cavities d When it is desired to support the demijohn incondition for emptying, it is mounted with its trunnions resting in thenotches d d. In this position its bottom will swing clear of the shortsides D and it may be tilted with the obvious effect,rightin gitselfimmediately when liberated.

To pack the demijohn for storage or transportation, it is lifted untilthe trunnions G are clear of the notches d, and turned one-eighth (g) ofa revolution horizontally, and then lowered into the casing. In thiscondition the top of its cork a comes even with or a little below thetops of the high sides D. Two detachable parts of the casing, E E, arenow applied. The part E is engaged by hooks 0, with eyes formed in orattached to the upper edge of the adjacent short side D and the part Eis correspondingly attached. The two parts E E being now firmly engagedtogether at the top by hooks F on the one part engaging in eyes on theother, the package is complete. In storing one upon another, the handleG, attached on the part E of the lowermost, is accommodated by anelevation of the bottom piece I), forming a suflicient recess in thebottom of the case above.

When, in unpacking, the parts E E are disengaged from each other, andfrom the main part D of the packing-case, and the demijohu is mounted inthe casing, its trunnions resting in the cavities d, as beforedescribed, the parts E and E should be engaged together, as shown inFigs. 5 and 6, and made to serve as stands or supports, the part Eserving to support the casing D with its superposed demij ohn, and thepart E to support any measure or other vessel (not represented) which itis found desirable to use.

Many modifications may be made in the details. The thickness of thecasing D and of the added parts E E may be increased or somewhatdiminished without involving serious difficulty. Metal may be employedfor the parts D E E, or for important portions of them.

The proportions of the demijohn with regard to length and diameter maybe varied within wide limits, corresponding variations being made in theincasingparts. So, too, the sizes of the trunuions may be varied; but Iprefer about the diameter represented.

I esteem it important that the trunnions (J or their broad supportingparts 0 do not rest directly against the fragile material A of thedemijohn. It is essential that a layer of the elastic material Bintervene between; but the parts C may be made to serve by holding themwith any suitable means on the exterior of the basket-work B.

Figs. 9 and 10 show a modification in the construction which may besometimes adopted. Here the parts 0 are united together to form a hoop,tightly embracing the basket-work B, or, rather, the upright partsthereof, the horizontal parts being omitted for a space equal to thewidth of the hoop C. I prefer the construction represented in the otherfigures.

I can, if preferred, incase the exterior of the basketwork with acoating of papier-mach, or any other material. Sheet metal makes a verygood coating where the expense will be warranted. I can in such caseomit the wickerwork, or substitute in place thereof a soft lining offelt, paper, or other material.

I claim as my invention- 1. The removable plates 0', each having atrunnion, C. attached to it near its middle, in combination with thewicker-work B, to which the plates are attached, and the body A, asherein specified.

2. In combination with a trunnioned demijohn, A B C, the compoundpacking-case D nesses.

JOHN F. REINHARD. Witnesses:

FRANCIS H. REINHARD, CHAS. C. STETsoN.

